Lance Erik
@legallylance.bsky.social
Grew up in Iowa. Live in Minnesota. Marvel, Pokemon, Star Wars, and Elections Nerd. JD.
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Lance Erik
@legallylance.bsky.social
· Sep 12
A decade ago, the executive director of a MN nonprofit I worked at wisely told me: “Before you write something, ask if you would want that on a billboard.”
I’ve sometimes fallen short, but it’s something I try to stay true to.
I’ve sometimes fallen short, but it’s something I try to stay true to.
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Clay Higgins voted against releasing the Epstein files. So it seems fair to share this about his first (of 4 wives, a true family values man) marriage:
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Clay Higgins voted against releasing the Epstein files. So it seems fair to share this about his first (of 4 wives, a true family values man) marriage:
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Democrats yielded control of their time to Thomas Massie, not a thing you see very often. Massie just said Republicans refused to allow him time to speak on their side
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Democrats yielded control of their time to Thomas Massie, not a thing you see very often. Massie just said Republicans refused to allow him time to speak on their side
If I had to guess, he doesn’t want a massive vote against him and be treated like a lame duck. So he’s “supporting” the vote. I’m gonna guess the senate still won’t take it.
He summoned Boebert to the Situation Room to pressure her to withdraw her name. Called Mace. Threatened Massie and Greene. Now he knows it will pass and he’s trying to save face. But he also knows it may die in the senate and DOJ intends to cite a new “pending investigation” to block it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If I had to guess, he doesn’t want a massive vote against him and be treated like a lame duck. So he’s “supporting” the vote. I’m gonna guess the senate still won’t take it.
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Researchers envision their vaccine being used as both a treatment and a preventive, and as an approach to treating multiple cancer types.
• www.umass.edu/news/article...
The study has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🧪🧵⬇️
• www.umass.edu/news/article...
The study has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🧪🧵⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Researchers envision their vaccine being used as both a treatment and a preventive, and as an approach to treating multiple cancer types.
• www.umass.edu/news/article...
The study has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🧪🧵⬇️
• www.umass.edu/news/article...
The study has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🧪🧵⬇️
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But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout
BREAKING—40 million set to lose food aid next week after Trump USDA says it refuses use emergency funds for food stamps. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g...
Exclusive: USDA says it won't use emergency funds for food stamps
States also won't be reimbursed if they cover SNAP expenses on their own, the memo says.
www.axios.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout
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A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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hi, federal judge expert here! this is not funny. conservative, Reagan-appointed district judges only use epistolary framing devices in their opinions when they are in extreme distress.
the postcard cited in judge young's ruling isn't just at the top, it's a framing device. the whole opinion is a letter to the postcard writer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![I hope you found this
helpful. Thanks for writing.
It shows you care. You
should.
Sincerely & respectfully,
Bill Young
P.S. The next time you’re in
Boston [the postmark on the card
is from the Philadelphia area]
stop in at the Courthouse and
watch your fellow citizens, sitting
as jurors, reach out for justice.
It is here, and in courthouses
just like this one, both state and
federal, spread throughout our land
that our Constitution is most vibrantly
alive, for it is well said that “Where a
jury sits, there burns the lamp of
liberty.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maiw2rfujepnphhrejytvuu5/bafkreidbrekbkq3duu4ev7w4wmiamoiupplzgmu5nj5np4yyjze2svfyoy@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
hi, federal judge expert here! this is not funny. conservative, Reagan-appointed district judges only use epistolary framing devices in their opinions when they are in extreme distress.
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Learning this man is only 46 years old, but also worried that some of my online friends look like him.
FCC chairman unconvincingly claims he never threatened ABC station licenses arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
FCC chairman unconvincingly claims he never threatened ABC station licenses
Brendan Carr would like you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
arstechnica.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Learning this man is only 46 years old, but also worried that some of my online friends look like him.
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That dead fish in your mailbox was Safeway’s way of telling you that they’re running a 20% off special on frozen cod.
FCC boss Brendan Carr now says his 'easy way or the hard way' comments about Jimmy Kimmel weren’t meant as a threat to pull licenses if Disney didn’t suspend him 🧢
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
That dead fish in your mailbox was Safeway’s way of telling you that they’re running a 20% off special on frozen cod.
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#OnThisDay Sept 22, 1939: A streamlined Chicago & North Western Railway "Twin Cities 400" passenger train crosses the Stone Arch Bridge to Saint Paul, so named because it made the run to Chicago in 400 minutes.
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#OnThisDay Sept 22, 1939: A streamlined Chicago & North Western Railway "Twin Cities 400" passenger train crosses the Stone Arch Bridge to Saint Paul, so named because it made the run to Chicago in 400 minutes.
It doesn’t feel like much, but I’ve cancelled my Disney+ account.
September 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It doesn’t feel like much, but I’ve cancelled my Disney+ account.
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Important detail in here from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.
At a Georgetown University roundtable, Catholic leaders underscored the gravity of the threats immigrants are currently facing as the Trump administration escalates its mass detainment and deportation efforts.
religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...
religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...
Catholic bishops call immigration crackdown a 'category 4 storm'
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before the Georgetown roundtable, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.
religionnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Important detail in here from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.
A decade ago, the executive director of a MN nonprofit I worked at wisely told me: “Before you write something, ask if you would want that on a billboard.”
I’ve sometimes fallen short, but it’s something I try to stay true to.
I’ve sometimes fallen short, but it’s something I try to stay true to.
September 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A decade ago, the executive director of a MN nonprofit I worked at wisely told me: “Before you write something, ask if you would want that on a billboard.”
I’ve sometimes fallen short, but it’s something I try to stay true to.
I’ve sometimes fallen short, but it’s something I try to stay true to.
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folks, I've never lived through years of mass political violence but I do study it for a living: you don't want to live through years of political violence.
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
folks, I've never lived through years of mass political violence but I do study it for a living: you don't want to live through years of political violence.
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Completely and totally unacceptable behavior from leadership of a recently chartered DFL Community Caucus. Transphobia anywhere is a threat to our community everywhere.
This is only the most recent example of transphobia being tolerated within the party. When will @dfl.org step in to stop this?
This is only the most recent example of transphobia being tolerated within the party. When will @dfl.org step in to stop this?
My statement on tonight's DFL Feminist Caucus Annual Meeting. This statement is being emailed to the Feminist Caucus Chair, Alicia Gibson, and to the State DFL Chair, Richard Carlbom.
This caucus should be ashamed of itself.
This caucus should be ashamed of itself.
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Completely and totally unacceptable behavior from leadership of a recently chartered DFL Community Caucus. Transphobia anywhere is a threat to our community everywhere.
This is only the most recent example of transphobia being tolerated within the party. When will @dfl.org step in to stop this?
This is only the most recent example of transphobia being tolerated within the party. When will @dfl.org step in to stop this?
I can’t wait to hear what the NRA has to say. I’m sure they will be completely consistent to what they say they believe.
Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.
The "from my cold dead hands" crowd wants to ban people from owning guns
September 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I can’t wait to hear what the NRA has to say. I’m sure they will be completely consistent to what they say they believe.
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Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.
The "from my cold dead hands" crowd wants to ban people from owning guns
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.
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He’s in the files.
Trump on Epstein: “It's really a Democrat hoax because they're trying to get people to talk about something that's totally irrelevant to the success that we've had as a nation since I've been president.”
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
He’s in the files.
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the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
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BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief."
Injunction granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Injunction granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief."
Injunction granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Injunction granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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One was an 8-year-old boy who loved “his family, friends, fishing, cooking and any sport that he was allowed to play.” The other, a 10-year-old girl “whose laughter, kindness and spirit touched everyone who knew her.”
Families identify the two children killed in shooting at Annunciation Church
Fletcher Merkel loved family, friends and fishing; Harper Moyski doted on her younger sister.
www.startribune.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One was an 8-year-old boy who loved “his family, friends, fishing, cooking and any sport that he was allowed to play.” The other, a 10-year-old girl “whose laughter, kindness and spirit touched everyone who knew her.”